January 2002 - Air-L - lists.aoir.org

Re: where SPAM really comes from
by Valdis 06 Jan '02

06 Jan '02

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ITUA 2002; 2nd CFP
by Soraj Hongladarom 06 Jan '02

06 Jan '02

Please note that the deadline of submission to ITUA 2002 is now Feb. 15, 2002. Yours, Soraj +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS International Conference on "Information Technology and Universities in Asia" (ITUA 2002) April 3-5, 2002 Building One, Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand The Faculty Senate, Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, in cooperation with the Asia CALL Association, is organizing an international conference on "Information Technology and Universities in Asia" from April 3 to 5, 2002, at the campus of the university. The conference will be a place where teachers, researchers, administrators and others who are interested in how best to use information and communication technologies (ICTs) in realizing the missions of the university get together to share ideas, opinions and research findings. Of special interest are papers and presentations that explore the cultural aspects of using ICTs in universities, especially Asian cultures. However, though the focus of the conference is on the use of ICTs in Asian universities, participants from all corners of the world are very welcome to share their ideas and expertise. Paper proposals are called in three broad areas (these are meant only to be suggestive, and are not exclusive): 1. Distance Learning 2. ICTs in Classroom Teaching and/or Research 3. ICTs in University Administration Please send your abstracts (preferably by e-mail, max. 500 words) to: Soraj Hongladarom Faculty Senate Chulalongkorn University Bangkok 10330 Email: hsoraj(a)chula.ac.th Tel: +66-2-218-7024; Fax: +66-2-218-7036 Deadline of submission: February 15, 2002 Plans are being made with Chulalongkorn University Press to publish selected papers in a bound volume. Please include your abstracts in the body of the email and please do not send it as an attached file. Further information about the conference, including details about registration, can be found at: http://pioneer.chula.ac.th/~hsoraj/IT

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increase in spam
by Derek McMillan 06 Jan '02

06 Jan '02

What I have also noticed is that the spelling and grammar of the spam has deteriorated. This suggests to me that the ways and means of sending out spam have become very widely available to individuals and not just to commercial ventures. Spam messages offering the ability to "send out millions of free advertisements daily" have been arriving for some time. In fact the amount of spam which I personally receive has been drastically cut because I use an effective filter on hotmail only taking messages from people in my address book. >From: Laura Gurak <gurakl(a)umn.edu> >To: AIR List <air-l(a)aoir.org> >Subject: [Air-l] increase in spam... >Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org > >Has anyone else noticed a sudden increase in the amount of porn-type spam >they are getting? At least six people, including one journalist, have been >asking me what's up. I've heard from both academics and folks in the >private >sector, and all seem to indicate a sudden (past 5-7 days) rise in this >stuff. I personally have noticed it as well. Anyone know what's going on? > >---------------- >Laura J. Gurak, Ph.D. Associate Professor >Rhetoric Department, University of Minnesota >1994 Buford Ave., St. Paul, MN 55108 v 612-624-3773 >also--Director, Internet Studies Center -- www.isc.umn.edu >Faculty Fellow, Law School >gurakL(a)tc.umn.edu http://www.rhetoric.umn.edu/faculty/LGurak/ ---------------------------------------------- http://www.geocities.com/derekmcmillan1951 mirrored at http://derekmcmillan.tripod.com You can contact me using messenger or my email address. _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx

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Porn spam ...
by Ken Friedman 05 Jan '02

05 Jan '02

Laura Gurak asks, "Has anyone else noticed a sudden increase in the amount of porn-type spam they are getting?" Yes, I have. I observe that much of this material seems to come via third-world nations, especially Russia. This means that European privacy laws -- and North American laws, when they are created -- will not be of much use in stopping the problem. A vast amount of the spam I am getting these days is HTML mail that has embedded links that do not work with my email program. I couldn't respond if I wanted to do so. -- Ken Friedman, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Leadership and Strategic Design Department of Technology and Knowledge Management Norwegian School of Management Visiting Professor Advanced Research Institute School of Art and Design Staffordshire University

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Re: increase in SPAM
by Valdis 05 Jan '02

05 Jan '02

yes, I have noticed an increase in the last several months and just this morning [Saturday] 80% of the emails that arrived overnight were spam! IMHO the best thing to do is immediately forward the emails to: abuse@[lookup abuser's ISP from originating IP address using a WhoIs ]. As the first line on the Forwarded email I add: *** SPAM from your customer: 12.86.200.18 *** [the last one I received this AM] I'm sure many of us on this list receive the same SPAM. If everyone starts doing this maybe the guilty ISPs will start to police their own better. I have noticed a drop in the Yahoo mail from Nigeria attempting fraudulent money transfers... they have gone over to other ISPs but overall the volume has dropped tremendously. Valdis Krebs http://www.orgnet.com > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2002 22:02:53 -0600 > From: Laura Gurak <gurakl(a)umn.edu> > To: AIR List <air-l(a)aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-l] increase in spam... > Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org > > Has anyone else noticed a sudden increase in the amount of porn-type spam > they are getting? At least six people, including one journalist, have been > asking me what's up. I've heard from both academics and folks in the private > sector, and all seem to indicate a sudden (past 5-7 days) rise in this > stuff. I personally have noticed it as well. Anyone know what's going on? > > ---------------- > Laura J. Gurak, Ph.D. Associate Professor > Rhetoric Department, University of Minnesota > 1994 Buford Ave., St. Paul, MN 55108 v 612-624-3773 > also--Director, Internet Studies Center -- www.isc.umn.edu > Faculty Fellow, Law School > gurakL(a)tc.umn.edu http://www.rhetoric.umn.edu/faculty/LGurak/ >

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Re: increase in spam
by Alan Rea 05 Jan '02

05 Jan '02

On possible cause in an exploit in a very popular form processing CGI-Script called FormMail. Any Web server using a version older then 1.9 is open for SPAMmers to use the server via the processing script. It's been going on for a couple of months, but more servers are now getting hit since the word has spread. The easiest fix is either to remove the program or simply update it: http://www.worldwidemart.com/scripts/formmail.shtml Later... Alan At 12:01 PM 1/5/2002 -0500, you wrote: >--__--__-- > >Message: 2 >Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2002 22:02:53 -0600 >From: Laura Gurak <gurakl(a)umn.edu> >To: AIR List <air-l(a)aoir.org> >Subject: [Air-l] increase in spam... >Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org > >Has anyone else noticed a sudden increase in the amount of porn-type spam >they are getting? At least six people, including one journalist, have been >asking me what's up. I've heard from both academics and folks in the private >sector, and all seem to indicate a sudden (past 5-7 days) rise in this >stuff. I personally have noticed it as well. Anyone know what's going on?

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e-government & e-advocacy
by John McNutt 05 Jan '02

05 Jan '02

I'm in the process of designing a study of the relationship between e-government level in a state and the technology used by advocacy groups. I want to find out if the general level of e-government sophistication affects the kinds of technology that advocacy groups use. I'm looking for appropriate literature and ideas. Any feedback will be appreciated. John John G. McNutt Graduate School of Social Work Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 617.552.4036-Voice 617.552.1080-Fax www: http://www.geocities.com/john_g_mcnutt/ Be Ashamed to Die Until You Have Won Some Victory for Humanity-- Horace Mann Computing is not about computers anymore. Its about living --Nicholas Negroponte Abyssus abyssum invocat--C.S. Lewis

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Re: [Air-l] Call for reviewers
by Michael Arnold Mages 05 Jan '02

05 Jan '02

Hello, I would be willing to review papers in: Digital Art and Aesthetics I have been having quite a bit of trouble reaching you at <kbj(a)hum.ku.dk>, so I apologize for mailing the entire list. Please contact me if you need more information. Michael -- Michael Arnold Mages mailto:marnoldm@du.edu University of Denver, USA --

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new reviews in cyberculture (january 2002)
by david silver 04 Jan '02

04 Jan '02

AirFolk, *** feel free to distribute *** New Book Reviews in Cyberculture Studies (January 2002) It's a new year and the Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies is offering a slew of new book reviews. New reviews for January 2002 (found at www.com.washington.edu/rccs/books/) include: Stuart Biegel's Beyond Our Control? Confronting the Limits of Our Legal System in the Age of Cyberspace. MIT Press, 2001. Reviewed by Douglas Galbi, Senior Economist at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, and Jerry E. Stephens, Branch Library Manager and Research Coordinator for the U.S. Court of Appeals in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. David R. Koepsell, The Ontology of Cyberspace: Philosophy, Law, and the Future of Intellectual Property. Open Court, 2000. Reviewed by Arthur L. Morin, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Justice Studies at Fort Hays State University. Review Essay: Celia Pearce, the interactive book (Macmillan Technical Publishing, 1997); J. C. Herz, Joystick Nation: How Videogames Ate Our Quarters, Won Our Hearts, and Rewired Our Minds (Little, Brown & Co., 1997); and David Bennahum, Extra Life: Coming of Age in Cyberspace (Basic Books, 1998). Reviewed by Erik P. Bucy, Assistant Professor in the Department of Telecommunications and editor of Living in the Information Age: A New Media Reader. Each month, RCCS <www.com.washington.edu/rccs> publishes two or three full-length book reviews. The reviews reflect a modest attempt to locate critically various contours of the emerging and interdisciplinary field of cyberculture studies. RCCS's book reviews section now includes full-length reviews of over 100 books on cyberculture, the Internet, and technoculture. If you or your colleagues are interested in reviewing books for RCCS, contact us directly at <dsilver(a)u.washington.edu>. As always, please feel free to forward this message. david silver http://faculty.washington.edu/dsilver To SUBSCRIBE to cyberculture-announce, a low volume announcement list for RCCS events and updates, email: listproc(a)u.washington.edu; No subject is needed. In the body, type: subscribe cyberculture-announce

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Fwd: Electronic Literature Interactions Reading with Shelley Jackson, Jan. 11th 2002 in Chicago
by Steve Jones 03 Jan '02

03 Jan '02

><http://www.eliterature.org/interactions/> > >The ELO's Interactions series continues January 11th 2002 with one of the >most fun and exciting authors working in electronic literature, Shelley >Jackson. I hope you'll be able to join us as we kick off the palindromic New >Year with a look at Shelley's latest work of electronic literature "The Doll >Games." > >WHEN: Friday, January 11th, 7 P.M. > >WHERE: University of Illinois at Chicago Student Services Building >Conference Room B >1200 W. Harrison >(northwest corner of Harrison and Racine) >Chicago, Illinois > >Admission to the event is free. > >ABOUT SHELLEY JACKSON > >Shelley Jackson is the author of the virtually-canonized hypertext novel >Patchwork Girl published by Eastgate <http://www.eastgate.com>. Jackson was >recently selected as a Village Voice Writer on the Verge. Jackson describes >herself as the lovechild of Samuel Beckett and Pippi Longstocking. On her >website, <http://www.ineradicablestain.com> she writes: "Shelley Jackson was >extracted from the bum leg of a water buffalo in 1963 in the Philippines and >grew up complaining in Berkeley, California. Bravely overcoming a chronic >pain in her phantom limb, she extracted an AB in art from Stanford and an >MFA in creative writing from Brown. She has spent most of her life in used >bookstores, smearing unidentified substances on the spines, and is duly >obsessed with books: paper, glue, and ink. > >As for ink on paper, she has left her ineradicable stain on Conjunctions, >Fence, The Fetish Anthology, and many restaurant napkins. Her first book, >The Melancholy of Anatomy, will be published by Anchor in January 2002. >Shelley Jackson also illustrates children's books, including two of her own, >The Old Woman and the Wave and the forthcoming Alchemical Dog. She lives in >transit and specializes in everything." > >ABOUT THE RESPONDENT, JOSEPH TABBI > >Joseph Tabbi is the author of Postmodern Sublime (Cornell 1995) and American >Autopoiesis (Minnesota, forthcoming). He edits the electronic book review, >teaches at the University of Illinois at Chicago and is at work on editions >of the last fiction and collected non-fiction of William Gaddis >(Viking/Penguin). His essay on Mark Amerika appeared at the Walker Art >Center's phon:e:me site, a 2000 Webby Award nominee. > >This series of events brings together some of the most innovative artists >working in electronic literature with humanities scholars, who will lead >audience and author discussions of works shown. An online archive will be >created this spring to document the events. > >The Interactions series is sponsored by the Illinois Humanities Council, >the Illinois Arts Council, the Chicago Humanities Festival, and the >University of Illinois - Chicago Communication Dept. > >******************* > >ABOUT THE ELECTRONIC LITERATURE ORGANIZATION > >The Electronic Literature Organization <www.eliterature.org> is a 501(c)(3) >nonprofit organization with a mission to promote and facilitate the writing, >reading, and publishing of literature designed for the electronic media. >The ELO is directed by a national board of leading experts >in electronic literature, technology, and publishing, and is additionally >advised by an international board of literary advisors. The ELO maintains >the Electronic Literature Directory and an Electronic Literature Web >Resource Center. The ELO is supported by the donations of individual >members, by corporate sponsorship and by foundations including the Ford >Foundation. The ELO is now headquartered at the University of California-Los >Angeles, which will host the 2002 STATE OF THE ARTS SYMPOSIUM ><http://www.eliterature.org/state/>. >******************* > >CONTACT > >If the web site doesn't answer your questions about the Interactions series, >or for further info contact Scott Rettberg at <773.769.3540> or ><rettberg(a)eliterature.org> > >****************** > >Hope to see you on the evening of the 11th. Tell your friends! > >All Best, > >Scott > > >******************************************************************** >The Electronic Literature Organization ** http://www.eliterature.org > Scott Rettberg, Founder > 4401 N. Ravenswood, Suite 304E ** Chicago IL 60640 > t: 773.769.3540 ** f: 773.769.3829 > TO PROMOTE AND FACILITATE THE WRITING, PUBLISHING AND READING OF > LITERATURE DESIGNED FOR THE ELECTRONIC MEDIA >********************************************************************

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